Fiona Cambell The Place; Resolution 2011

By far most arresting work of the evening was from Stones’ Echo by Leda Franklin. Performed by Digitals Dance Company, the piece opened with two men playing with stones before moving into a prolonged contact improvisation duet.  The two men soon became four, moving in slow motion towards the audience. At this stage it wasn’t clear where, if anywhere, the work was going, however the Beastie Boys musical accompaniment was certainly helping to kick-start momentum.

The turning point in Franklin’s choreography came when Eleni Edipidi joined the men on stage, catching their attention in her floaty red dress, the men glared with curiosity. However the curiosity soon became intensified, verging on violent, as they began to throw and propel Edipidi between one another like a human pinball. The result was thrilling, the audience gasping with anticipation every time Edipidi was tossed in the air, only to be caught a millisecond before she falls. As the brutality descended and the men began throwing stones at Edipidi the choreography ended with an abrupt, but nonetheless poignant jolt.